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Elephants, too, are fond of it. The tree is common throughout the 

 dry' region, being often cultivated there as well as in the moist 

 low-country. 



Flacourtia cataphracta. (Bixaceae). "Rata Uguressa" S 

 A small thorny tree, native of India and Malaya, producing 

 round berries of the size of large cherries, purplish or deep-red in 

 colour, and of a rather tart flavour. FIRMIXGKR thought it 



" GORAKA." Garcinia Cambogia. 



"suggestive of something better than a sloe, but worse than an in- 

 different plum." There are, however, several varieties in cultivation, 

 and some if properly cultivated merit a better description than 

 the above. The fruit can be made into a very agreeable jam or 

 preserve. Plants may be raised from seed, but a good variety 

 should be budded or grafted. 



